Welcome to the latest edition of Prepaid Phone News' Prepaid Phones on Sale this Week post. Here are the best current deals on prepaid and unlocked phones that I've been able to find online and in stores.

This week's Deal of the Week is once again the iPhone SE. It looks like Apple is trying to prop up its sales and conquer the prepaid market with deep discounts on the SE through the prepaid divisions of AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint as well as some of TracFone's brands. The 32 GB SE, which costs $399.99 from the Apple Store, is currently available as a carrier locked prepaid phone at sub $200 prices. Here are the deals:

Phone discounts for new activations or upgrades after 120 days since activation or last upgrade at participating Boost Mobile dealers only. Not available in Northern Connecticut, South Carolina or Western Kentucky, Free with port-in phones require activation on $50 plan. Ends 7/10.

2 Lines for $50 3 GB family plan promotion. New activations only, at least one line must be a port-in from a non-Sprint based MVNO or operator. Additional lines (up to a total of five lines) are $25/month each. Ends 7/10.

Family Plan Add-A-Line promotion. Free month of service to any new secondary line added to an Unlimited Gigs Family Plan. That plan, which costs $50/month for the first line and $30/month for each additional line. Phone purchase required. Ends 7/10.

U Pay 1, We Pay 1: Activate a Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s or 6s Plus; Verizon only iPhone 5s, 5c, SE, 7 or 7 Plus on the $50 plan and receive a $50 credit every other month for the life of the phone. Ends 7/10. According to Boost this is a dealer-only promotion, but a PrepaidPhoneNews reader was able to get this offer when activating an eligible iPhone by calling Boost customer service.

Online deals:Free Unlimited Mexico: The Todo Mexico Plus add-on is free for $50 plan users if they activate it between 6/2 and 7/10. The add-on provides free unlimited calling and texting to Mexico and Canada and unlimited voice, text and 8 GB of data roaming in Mexico. To activate it, log into your Boost account and choose the "$0 Todo Mexico Plus" add-on. Once added, the add-on is free for as long as you stay on the $50 plan.Referral Program: Boost customers can now defer friends and family at refer.boostmobile.com. Referrer and referee will each receive a $25 account credit within 30 days.

Two Lines For $80 Promotion: The $50 unlimited plan is $40 per month for two or more lines. 2 lines for $80, 3 lines $120, 4 lines $160, and 5 lines are $200. Plan includes unlimited voice messaging and high speed handset data. Video streaming at up to 480p. No tethering. Available in stores only.

Unadvertised in store only specials:Some items have very limited availability, especially ones with prices ending in .98 which indicates a clearance item. Use Brickseek's Target Inventory Checker to check for price and availability in your area by DPCI number (after price in listings below).

Boost Mobile and any of the TracFone brands (Total Wireless, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, etc.) phones are very difficult to get unlocked by a 3rd party and thoese providers require 12 months service before they will Unlock for free. Cricket, GoPhone require 6 months and MetroPCS three months. 3rd party unlocks for GoPhone, Cricket and MetroPCS should be easier to find, but you need to verify that with an unlocking service.

Some eBay unlockers exclude prepaid GoPhones, some do not explicitly. But their exclusions are worded in ways that could be misinterpreted. There are only a few low cost unlockers there. Virgin Inner Circle says they will unlock their $279 SE right away by calling customer service. They say you don't have to wait a year as an Inner Circle member.

Cricket says you don't have to wait 6 months for an unlock if you sign up for their $60 unlimited plan. You can sign up, immediately request unlock and then immediately cancel as soon as it goes through.

AT&T stopped being generous with the non-customer unlocks for GoPhones several months ago and started enforcing the requirement for 6 months of paid use. I tried finding a paid unlock for an Alcatel IDEAL I got on sale at Target for $20 and two different services refunded my money; AT&T may also have closed some other loopholes or leaks for unlocking codes.

On the upside, any pure AT&T MVNO SIM will still work in an AT&T locked phone; that Alcatel IDEAL is working fine with a FreedomPop LTE SIM in it - and there are other options (H2O Wireless, etc.) that should work.

I personally would not purchase a phone that is locked to a network, but many don't plan on switching and the screen is quite good on the SE, if that is the phone you are referring to. Personally, I hardly ever watch video on my phone, and then only short clips. My wife got one of the $199 GoPhone SEs and loves it! Fantastic battery life (days for her), great screen, buttery smooth performance, etc.

ESNs are obsolete and were CDMA only. AT&T asks for a IMEI not an ESN when ordering a SIM. If you have a GSM phone; old, new, working, broken or borrowed you have a IMEI. It should be printed on a label under the battery or on the back of the phone or enter *#06# to view it on the screen.

Virgin Mobile is selling the $159 iphone SE for $279 but providing $600 in a years worth of service for $1. If new virgin mobile customers need to change service providers for any reason they will remove their bloatware and unlock their service. The savings is $120 for the now unlocked phone compared to the $399 apple charges for the unlocked SE. However virgin mobile will have your payment method in their records and there may be a few "errors" on the next month statement as experienced by former virgin mobile customers commenting on their facebook feeds. Apple also has cloud locks on their phones so there is also the risk of an apple cloud lock when virgin mobile discontinues service. If you go into an apple store and speak to their techs they can explain how disrupted service and unlocking a iphone can lead to a cloud lock

Best & Cheapest T-Mobile phone: Original LG Stylo is a solid phone. With enough searching around, unlocked metro lg stylus can be found for under $50. Or for less than that, go to eBay and search "unlocked Alcatel"

Be careful if you intend to use the Motorola Moto G5 Plus phone with Verizon. There are voice problems and you can find out more about the subject at Motorola support forums. From the forums search on "Moto G5 Plus Verizon" and look for the thread titled something like "poor voice quality" There is a Moto rep named Matt that is working on a potential fix. I use Verizon and staying away from this phone until a permanent fix is found, if one is found. Comments also on Amazon about the voice problems and returned phones.

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